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OFFICERS  OF  ST.  CLAIR  COUNTY 
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TOWNSHIP  OFFICERS,  ETC. 


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ORDER  OF  BUSINESS 
and 

STANDING  RULES 

Board  of  Supervisors 

A.  J.  Hoby  Hoerr 

County  Clerk 

BELLEVILLE,  ILL. 

Geo.  Meyer,  Printer 


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SUPERVISORS 

OF  ST.  CLAIR  COUNTY,  ILLINOIS. 

EAST  ST.  LOUIS. 


Name 

M.  L.  Harris  (Chief) 

W.  P.  Elliott  

E.  W.  Jimerison  

T.  J.  Canavan  

J.  A.  Lang  

James  K.  Ewing  ..... 

M.  T.  Flynn  

P.  F.  Martin  

Plenry  C.  Bishop  

Frank  Peleate  

R.  W.  Miller  , 

Theodore  Neu  - 

Jerry  Lehan  

W.  P.  Sheron  

Martin  M.  Drury  

John  L.  Lang  . 

Louis  Knaus  

Thos.  J.  Corrigan  

James  McAuliffe  

Hayes  Pierpont  

James  H.  Donahue  ... 

John  Rogers  

W.  A.  Murphy  


P.  O.  Address 
...1748  Belmont  Ave. 

..1218  N.  15th  St. 

1100a  Gaty  Ave. 

Arcade  Bldg. 

841  N.  80th  St. 

City  Hall 

700  St.  Clair  Ave. 

421  N.  7th  St. 

808  N.  31st  St. 

.1133  y2  Market  Ave. 

1622  N.  36th  St. 

124  St.  Clair  Ave. 

727  Piggott  Ave. 

1414  East  Broadway 

138a  N.  4th  St. 

...1608  Gaty  Ave. 

...1601  St.  Louis  Ave. 
...1515  St.  Louis  Ave. 

528  N.  22nd  St. 

756  N.  80th  St. 

420  N.  7th  St. 

....2538  Douglas  Ave. 
.1646  Cleveland  Ave. 


BELLEVILLE. 


William  P.  Gaul  (Chief) 

Peter  Gaerdner  

William  J.  Claus  — 

William  Daubach  

Philip  Puderer  

Lee  Neubarth 

A.  J.  Stoeckel  

Chas.  Skaer  


..1022  W.  Main  St. 
306  N.  Charles  St. 
..705  S.  Jackson  St. 
......109  N.  Gold  St. 

.....123  E.  Main  St. 

.9  21  S.  Jackson  St., 
...Twenhoefel  Bldg. 
512  Park  Ave. 


2 — 


Centreville — Daniel  Koenigstein East  St,  Louis, 

Edgemont  Station 

Canteen — Harry  G.  Schneidef East  St.  Louis, 

Edgemont  Station 

Lebanon — Louis  Zerweck Lebanon,  111. 

Mascoutah — Herbert  F.  Lill Mascoutah,  111. 

Shiloh  Valley — Andrew  VoelkeL.Rentchler  Sta.  111. 
O’Fallon — Rudolph  Ochs. ...Lebanon,  111.,  R.  R.  2 

St.  Clair — George  Dintelman ..-Belleville,  111. 

Caseyville — Eugene  F.  Schirmer._..309  Collinsville 

Ave.,  East  St.  Louis. 

Stookey— Edward  W.  Pfingsten Belleville,  111., 

R.  R.  4. 

Sugar  Loaf— H.  W.  Schwartz Dupo,  111. 

Stites — C.  B.  Jones Lovejoy,  111. 

Engelmann — -William  F.  Niess Mascoutah,  111. 

Fayetteville — AC.  Schulz Lenzburg,  111.,  R.  R. 

Marissa — James  Campbell Marissa,  111. 

Freeburg — F.  X.  Heiligenstein... Freeburg,  111. 

New  Athens — George  Nuernberger... .New  Athens, 

1,1. 

Lenzburg — Geo.  S.  Reinhardt New  Athens,  111., 

R.  R. 

Smithton — Jos.  A.  Miller.. ..Belleville,  111.,  R.  R.  2. 
Prairie  Du  Long — Adolph  Spalt....New  Athens,  111., 

R.  R.  2. 

Millstadt — Henry  Tegtmeier Millstadt,  111. 


— 3— 

STANDING  COMMITTEES  OF  BOARD 
OF  SUPERVISORS. 


St.  Clair  County,  Illinois,  1919-1920. 


(First  named  is  Chairman.) 

Judiciary^ — -Lill,  Stoeckel,  Zerweck. 

Finance — Reinhardt,  Campbell,  Donahue. 

Outside  Pauper  Relief — Bishop*  Canavan,  Corrigan. 
County  Home — Drury,  Gaul,  Schneider. 

Jail — J.  A.  Lang,  Spalt,  Schulz. 

Court  House — Claus,  Rogers,  Lehan. 

Workhouse — Puderer,  Peleate<  Koenigstein. 
School  Relations — R.  W.  Miller,  Stoeckel,  Lehan. 
Cities  & Villages — Peleate,  Corrigan,  Jimerson. 
Salaries  & Reports — Harris,  Elliott, ( Schirmer. 
Licenses — Niess,  Neu,  Knaus. 

Elections  & Townships — Flynn,  Jimerson,  Ochs. 
Mines  & Mining — Neubarth,  Daubach,  Pierpont. 
Printing  & Stationery — Gaerdner,  Jones,  R.  W. 
Miller. 

Taxation — Schulz,  Pfingsten,  Dintelman. 

Bonds — Ochs,  Nuernberger,  Sheron. 

Blind — Knaus,  Pfingsten,  Skaer. 

Roads — Schwartz,  Tegtmeier,  Heiligenstein. 
Dependent  Children — Ewing,  McAuliffe,  Murphy. 
Claims — Jos.  A.  Miller,  Voelkel,  John  L.  Lang. 

P.  F.  Martin,  Chairman. 


— 4- 


Township  Officers 


Town  Clerks. 


Township — Name  of  Officer.  P.  O.  Address. 

East  St.  Louis — John  J.  Hallihan..East  St.  Louis, 

111. 

Belleville — G.  H.  Beineke Belleville,  111. 

Mascoutah — Jacob  Bachmann Mascoutah,  111. 

Lebanon — Benjamin  Reibold Lebanon,  111. 

Shiloh  Valley — Henry  D.  F.  Friedewald,  Belleville, 

111.,  R.  R.  No.  6 

O’Fallon — Henry  E.  Fischer O’Fallon,  III. 

St.  Clair — Al.  Deppe  Belleville,  111. 

Caseyville — Henry  Koblitz,  Sr Caseyville.,  111. 

Stookey— Nicholas  Rehg..__Centreville  Sta.,  R.  R.  1. 

Centreville — Edward  Fournie East  St.  Louis, 

Edgemont  Station 

Canteen — A.W.  Chitwood East  St.  Louis, 

Edgemont  Station. 

Sugar  Loaf — Wm.  Schwab... Dupo,  111. 

Stites — Wm.  Terry  Lovejoy,  111. 

Engelmann — Geo.  Muehlhauser,  Jr Mascoutah 

111. 

Fayetteville — George  Bieser  Fayetteville,  111. 

Marissa — Thomas  Keyworth Marissa,  111. 

Freeburg — John  Sintzel  Freeburg,  111. 

New  Athens — L.  P.  Bert New  Athens,  111. 

Lenzburg — -H.  G.  Winter.. Lenzburg,  111. 

Smithton — Louis  Grossmann  Smithton,  111. 

Prairie  du  Long — Geo.  Leilich.  New  Athens,  111.,  R. 

R. 

Millstadit — A.  C.  Kern  Millstadt,  111. 


— 5— 

HIGHWAY  COMMISSIONERS  OF  ST.  CLAIR 
COUNTY. 


(Single  Highway  Commissioner  in  each  Township, 
Act  of  Legislature  in  effect  July  1,  1917.) 


Township — Name  of  Officer.  P.  O.  Address. 

East  St.  Louis — None  elected. 

Belleville — None  elected. 

Masco  Utah — Nic.  G.  Friederich Mascoutah,  111. 

Lebanon — Sirolos  Padfield Summerfield,  111. 

Shiloh  Valley — Edw.  Reno.-.-O’Fallon,  111.,  R.  R.  2. 

O’Fallon — Edw.  Hobein  O’Fallon,  111. 

St.  Clair — Wm.  B.  Boul... .Belleville,  111.,  R.  R.  5. 

Caseyville — C.  C.  Mees  Caseyville,  111. 

Stookey — Peter  Vogt Belleville,  111.,  R.  R.  5. 

Centreville — Jos.  Cookson..Centreville  Sta.,  R.  R.  1. 

Canteen — Frank  Comment East  St.  Louis, 

Edgemont  Station. 

Sugar  Loaf — John  F.  Adelsberger Dupo,  111. 

Stites — Robert  G.  Baker ...Love joy,;  111. 

Engelmann — John  G.  Hoff Mascoutah,  111. 

Fayetteville — Anton  G.  Sandheinrich-...St,  Libory, 

111. 

Marissa — George  Pflasterer Marissa,  111. 

Freeburg — A.  J.  Fritz. Freeburg,  111. 

New  Athens — August  Schlueter New  Athens,  111. 

Lenzburg — Fred  W.  Wasem  Lenzburg,  111. 

Smithton — Wm.  P.  Kunz  Smithton,  111. 

Prairie  du  Long^ — Fred  Stenzil....New  Athens,  111., 

Rural  Route. 

Millstadt — Jacob  Eckert Millstadt,  111.,  R.  R.  2. 


—6— 

ASSESSORS. 


Township — Name  of  Officer.  P.  O.  Address. 

East  St.  Louis — Herbert  King. ...East  St.  Louis,  111. 

Belleville — Henry  Dietrich 805  West  Main  St. 

Mascoutah — Emil  Pfeiffer Mascoutah,  111. 

Lebanon — John  Widicus Summerfield,  111. 

Shiloh  Valley — Isaac  Cox Belleville,,  R.  R.  6. 

O’Fallon — -G.  C.  Megee O’Fallon,  111. 

St.  Clair — Louis  J.  Fournie.... Belleville,  R.  R.  3. 

Caseyville — August  Gray  Caseyville,  111. 

Stookey — Jos.  Stoeckel  Belleville,  R.  R.  5. 

Centreville — Chas.  Jerome,  Jr., ..East  St.  Louis,  R. 

R.  1. 

Canteen — A.  J.  Throop....East  St.  Louis,  Edgemont 


Station. 

Sugar  Loaf — W.  G.  Hauser  Dupo,  111. 

Stites — F.  M.  Sheppard. ...National  Stock  Yards,  111. 

Engelmann — John  Scherer  Mascoutah,  111. 

Fayetteville — John  Beelmann  St.  Libory,  111. 

Marissa — Fred  Triefenbach.  Jr Marissa,  111. 

Freeburg — Louis  Koesterer,  Jr Freeburg,  III. 

New  Athens — George  H.  Winter. ...New  Athens,  111. 

Lenzburg — Henry  Jeude  Lenzburg,  111. 

Smithton — N.  O.  Phillips  Belleville,  R.  R.  2. 

Prairie  du  Long — Geo.  Hirsch.-.-New  Athens.  111., 

R.  R. 
Millstadt,  111. 


Millstadt — Fred  Kropp 


—7 — 

TOWNSHIP  COLLECTORS  OF  ST.  CLAIR 
COUNTY,  ILLINOIS. 


Township — Name  of  Officer.  P.  O.  Address. 

East  St.  Louis — A.  P.  Cholet East  St.  Louis  111. 

Belleville — John  Loos  Belleville,  111. 

Mascoutah — Geo.  C.  Pfeiffer  Mascoutah,  111. 

Lebanon — Plenry  W.  Blanck Lebanon,  111. 

Shiloh  Valley— Charles  Perrottet.. ..Belleville,  111., 

Rural  Route 

O’Fallon — Edward  N.  Thomas  O’Fallon,  111. 

St.  Clair — John  Gansmann... .Belleville,  111.,  R.  R.  3. 

Caseyville — Chas.  Thilman,  Jr Caseyville,  111. 

Stookey — Jos.  Klaus. ...Centreville  Sta.,  R.  R.  1. 

Centreville — Fred  J.  Ziska East  St.  Louis, 

Edgemont  Sta. 

Canteen — C.  E.  Sommer East  St.  Louis, 

Edgemont  Sta. 

Sugar  Loaf — Oscar  G.  Mueller Columbia,  111. 

Stites — N.  B.  West  Lovejoy,  111. 

Engelmann — Rudolph  Nicol ..Mascoutah,  111. 

Fayetteville — Herman  Otten  St.  Libory,  111. 

Freeburg — Louis  Borger  Freeburg,  111. 

Marissa — Thos.  Rutherford  Marissa,  111. 

New  Athens — Ben  Krupp  New  Athens,  111. 

Lenzburg — William  Fleischmann Lenzburg,  111. 

Smithton — Jerome  Phillips Belleville,  111., 

Star  Route. 

Prairie  du  Long — Fred  Baltz....New  Athens,  111., 

R.  R. 

Millstadt — George  Hoeser  Millstadt,  111. 


JUSTICES  OF  THE  PEACE  OF  ST.  CLAIR 
COUNTY,  ILLINOIS. 


Township — Name  of  Officer.  P.  0.  Address. 

Lenzburg — William  Freeh,  Sr Lenzburg,  111. 

Lenzburg — A.  R.  Moore  Marissa,  111.,,  R.  R. 

Marissa — George  Dial  Marissa,  111. 

Marissa — John  A.  Wilson Marissa,  111. 


Engeimann — Robert  W.  Klingel.— Mascoutah,  111., 

R.  R.  3. 

Canteen — E.  J.  Wallis — East  St.  Louis,  Edgemont 


Sta. 

Canteen — J.  H.  Deichmann East  St.  Louis, 

Edgemont  Sta. 

Caseyville — Hugh  Toussaint Caseyville,  111. 

Caseyville — J.  G.  Klein East  St.  Louis, 

Edgemont  Sta. 

New  Athens — Alvin  Suemnicht.-.New  Athens,  111., 

Rural  Route. 

New  Athens — B.  H.  Sterling New  Athens,  111. 

Smithton — Chas.  F.  Hill . Smithton,  111. 

Fayetteville — John  Rueter St.  Libory,  111. 

Lebanon — Louis  Smith. Lebanon,  111. 

Stites — George  P.  Doscher.. Lovejoy,  111. 


Stites — W.  G.  Evans National  Stock  Yards.  111. 

East  St.  Louis — John  J.  Driscoll-East  St.  Louis,  111. 
East  St.  Louis — Russell  E.  Townsend-E.  St.  Louis. 
East  St.  Louis — Elmer  F.  Clark. ...East  St.  Louis, 


111. 

East  St.  Louis — J.  C.  Brady East  St.  t 111. 

East  St.  Louis — Wm.  J.  Kane... .East  St.  Louis,  111. 

Belleville — Ben  Lautz Belleville,  111. 

Belleville — Louis  E.  Belleville,  111. 

Belleville — L.  R.  Osterhaus Belleville,  111. 

Belleville — Plenry  F.  Eggersmann... .Belleville,  111. 

Belleville — Alfred  B.  Davis ...Belleville,  111. 

Millstadt — Navajo  Ben  Millstadt,  111. 


Millstadt — Ed.  Boley Millstadt,  111.,  R.  R.  2. 

Sugar  Loaf — W.  A.  Schwarztrauber 

East  Carondelet,  111. 


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Township — Name  of  Officer.  P.  0.  Address. 

Sugar  Loaf — Louis  Noble,  Sr. .East  Carondelet,  111. 

Centreville — William  Whitman East  St.  Louis, 

Edgemont,  Sta. 

Freeburg — Chas.  Becker .... Freeburg,  111. 

Lebanon — D.  L.  Shick..... Lebanon,  111. 

Lebanon — R.  H.  Horner Lebanon,  111. 

Canteen — Frederick  Charles  Bennett Edgemont 

Station,  East  St.  Louis. 

O’Fallon — J.  W.  Asbury O’Fallon,  111. 

Mascoutah — John  Scharth Mascoutah,  111. 

Mascoutah — Otto  Scharth Mascoutah,  111 


Stookey — John  Pfingsten...  Belleville,  111.,  R.  R.  5. 
Prairie  du  Long — Cihas.  Talbot.. ..New  Athens,  111., 

Rural  Route. 


POLICE  MAGISTRATES  OF  ST.  CLAIR  COUNTY, 


ILLINOIS. 


City  and  Village — Name  of  Officer.  P.  O.  Address. 


Belleville — Henry  Beineke . ..Belleville,  111. 

Brooklyn — E.  J.  Jackson. Love  joy,  111. 

East  St.  Louis — E.  J.  Eggmann.-East  St.  Louis,  111. 

Lenzburg — Jos.  H.  McGovern Lenzburg,  111. 

Dupo — John  F.  Adelsberger ...Dupo,  111. 

Caseyvillle — George  E.  Russel Caseyville,  111. 

New  Athens — Clarence  Vogler  ....New  Athens,  111. 

Lebanon — Geo.  W.  Gerking  Lebanon,  111. 

Marissa — James  W.  Paul Marissa,  111. 

Summerfield — Jos.  T.  Keith Summerfield,  111. 

East  Carondelet — H.  C.  Veninga.-East  Carondelet, 

111. 


Fairmont  City — James  T.  Elliott. ...Edgemont  Sta., 

East  St.  Louis,  111. 
National  City- — Solomon  D.  Scott. ...National  Stock 

Yards,  111. 

Washington  Park — Peter  J.  Donahue.... Washington 

Park,  111. 

Freeburg — Henry  Beeson. ...Freeburg,  111. 


—10— 

CONSTABLES  OF  ST.  CLAIR  COUNTY,  ILLINOIS. 
Township — Name  of  Officer.  P.  O.  Address. 

Elast  St.  Louis — N.  J.  Colgan....East  St.  Louis,  111. 
East  St.  Louis — Ed.  L.  Bergen. ...East  St.  Louis,  111. 
East  St.  Louis — George  M.  Lorius..East  St.  Louis, 

111. 

East  St.  Louis — William  Lynn. ...East  St.  Louis,  111. 
East  St.  Louis — Nicolas  Coyne. ...East  St.  Louis,  111. 


Belleville — Charles  W.  Arbogast Belleville,  111. 

Belleville — George  Wolf Belleville,  111. 

Belleville — Walter  L.  Ward Belleville,  111. 

Belleville — Henry  Amlung  Belleville,.  111. 

Belleville — Henry  J.  Yerk .Belleville,  111. 

Mascoutah — John  H.  Anderson Mascoutah,  111. 

Lebanon — August  Braun Lebanon,  111. 

Lebanon — Wm.  H.  Stone  Lebanon,  111. 

Lebanon — James  Ford  Lebanon,  111. 

O’Fallon — Orin  B.  Joseph  O’Fallon,  111. 

O’Fallon — Geo.  McCommons  O’Fallon,  111. 

St.  Clair — Al.  Deppe  Belleville,  111. 

Caseyville — Henry  Rupprecht Caseyville,  111 

Canteen — P.  J.  Brennan East  St.  Louis, 

Edgemont  Sta. 

Canteen — F.  J.  Gronewald East  St.  Louis, 

Edgemont  Sta. 

Sugar  Loaf — J.  F.  Simons East  Carondelet,  111. 

Sugar  Loaf — A.  C.  Douglas Dupo,  111. 

Sugar  Loaf — A.  C.  Euge East  Carondelet,  111. 

Stites — Russel  B.  Quillan.. National  Stock  Yards, 

111. 

Stites — Henry  T.  Jones Lovejoy,  111. 

- — Adolph  Dorsey  Lovejoy,  Ilil. 

Fayetteville — Fmil  Burgard Fayetteville,  111. 

Fayetteville — John  V.  Weilmuenster.. Lenzburg,  1111. 

New  Athens — Michael  Schlesinger.-New  Athens,  111. 

New  Athens — Harry  Beimfohr New  Athens,  111. 

Millstadt — William  Feuerhan  Millstadt,  111. 

Lenzburg — Fred  Groh  Lenzburg,  111. 


Lenzburg — -Fred  W.  Wasem....New  Athens,.  R.  R. 


— 11— 

Centreville — Joseph  Chartrand.--.East  St.  Louis,  111. 

Rural  Route  1. 


Centreville — Paul  Kisselbach East  St.  Louis, 

Edgemont  Sta. 

Marissa — L.  W.  Eckert  Marissa,  111. 


Stites — Frank  Crowell. ...National  Stock  Yards,  111. 


— 12 — 


Board  of  Supervisors 


ORDER  OF  BUSINESS. 

1.  Calling  of  roll. 

2.  Reading  the  minutes  of  the  last  meeting. 

3.  Presentation  of  petitions  and  communica- 
tions. 

4.  Report  of  Standing  Committees  in  regular 
order. 

5.  Reports  of  Special  Committees. 

6.  Reports  of  County  Appointees. 

7.  Resolutions  and  unfinished  business. 

8.  New  business. 

9.  Final  roll  call. 

10.  Adjournment. 


STANDING  RULES. 

1.  A majority  of  the  Supervisors  shall  constitute 
a quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business,  and  all 
• questions  which  shall  arise  at  meetings  shall  be  de- 
termined by  the  votes  of  the  majority  of  the  Super- 
visors present,  except  in  such  cases  as  is  otherwise 
provided. 

2.  No  member  shall  retire  during  a meeting 
without  the  permission  of  the  chairman. 

3.  All  committees  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
chairman  unless  otherwise  directed  by  the  Board. 

4.  All  committees,  except  the  Road  and  Bridge 
Committee,  which  shall  meet  in  the  office  of  the 
County  Superintendent  of  Highways,  who  shall  keep 
a record  of  said  Road  and  Bridge  Committee  meet- 
ings, shall,  whenever  circumstances  will  permit, 
meet  in  the  office  of  the  County  Auditor,  who  shall 
keep  a record  of  the  transactions  of  such  commit- 
tees, with  the  exception  as  noted  above. 

5.  All  committees  shall  report  to  the  Board  in 


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writing,  with  a statement  of  the  facts  and  their 
conclusions  and  recommendations  thereon. 

6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  various  committees 
to  give  special  consideration  to  all  matters  arising 
under  their  respective  heads,  and  such  matters  as 
shall  be  referred  to  them  concerning  the  same,  and 
to  keep  the  Board  advised  on  such  matters  as  may 
come  before  them,  and  where  advisable,  to  make 
such  rules  for  the  conduct  of  their  respective  de- 
partments and  for  the  county  appointees  that  may 
come  under  their  respective  jurisdictions.  All  such 
rules  before  becoming  effective  shall  have  the  ap- 
proval of  the  Board. 

7.  There  shall  be  twenty-one  standing  commit- 
tees, to  wit: 

Finance,  to  consist  of  three  members  and  the 
chairman  of  the  Board. 

Judiciary,  to  consist  of  three  members, 
bers. 

County  Home,  to  consist  of  three  members. 

Jail,  to  consist  of  three  members. 

Court  House,  to  consist  of  three  members. 

Workhouse,  to  consist  of  three  members. 

School  Relations,  to  consist  of  three  members- 

Cities  and  Villages,  to  consist  of  three  members. 

Salaries  and  Reports,  to  consist  of  three  members. 

Licenses,  to  consist  of  three  members. 

Elections  and  Townships,  to  consist  of  three 
members. 

Mines  and  Mining,  to  consist  of  three  members. 

Printing  and  Stationery,  to  consist  of  three  mem- 
bers. 

Taxation,  to  consist  of  three  members. 

Bonds,  to  consist  of  three  members. 

Blind,  to  consist  of  three  members. 

Roads,  to  consist  of  three  members. 

Dependent  Children,  to  consist  of  three  members. 

Illinois  Centennial  Committee,  to  consist  of  five 
members. 

Claims,  to  consist  of  three  members. 

8.  All  claims  and  demands  against  the  county 


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and  all  petitions  for  appropriations,  in  order  to  se- 
cure the  action  of  the  Board  thereon  at  any  partic- 
ular meeting,  shall  be  presented  to  the  County  Clerk 
on  the  2 0th  day  of  the  month  preceding  the  meet- 
ing. The  Clerk  shall  then  prepare  a tabulated  state- 
ment of  all  such  claims  so  filed,  showing  the  name 
of  the  claimant,  the  amount  of  the  claim  and  what 
for,  each  of  which  claims  shall  be  numbered  consec- 
utively. He  shall  at  least  3 days  before  the  meet- 
ing of  the  Board  mail  to  each  member  of  the  Board 
a copy  of  such  tabulated  statement  of  claims.  He 
shall  also  present  the  claims  to  the  Committee  on 
Claims,  previous  to  its  meeting,  which  committee, 
together  with  the  Auditor,  shall  audit  said  claims, 
and  report  the  same  to  the  Board  at  its  meeting, 
and  the  Board  shall  then  and  there  allow  or  reject 
the  claims  so  presented  by  an  aye  and  nay  vote, 
provided  that  a claim  may,  by  a vote  of  the  Board, 
be  laid  over  for  further  consideration  at  a subse- 
quent meeting. 

9.  The  yeas  and  nays  shall  be  taken  upon  all 
contracts  to  be  made  relating  to  the  sale  or  letting 
of  county  property,  and  upon  all  expenditures  of 
money,  and  if  any  three  members  require  it,  upon 
any  question  before  the  Board. 

10.  A motion  to  reconsider  may  be  made  at  the 
same  or  a following  meeting,,  but  only  by  a mem- 
ber voting  with  the  majority. 

11.  The  rules  may  be  suspended  in  any  particu- 
lar meeting  by  a vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  members 
present. 

12.  No  alterations  shall  be  made  in  any  of  the 
rules  of  the  Board,  without  the  consent  of  the  ma- 
jority of  the  members  thereof,  nor  without  a notice 
stating  such  proposed  change  being  given  at  the 
preceding  meeting  of  the  Board. 

13.  The  Board  shall  be  governed  in  their  de- 
liberations by  parliamentary  rules  laid  down  in 
Cushing’s  Manual  of  Parliamentary  Practices,  so 
far  as  the  same  shall  be  applicable. 

14.  Temporary  Relief: — When  any  poor  or  in- 


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digent  person  within  the  limits  of  any  township  ih 
this  county  does  not  require  to  be  supported  wholly 
by  the  county,  and  has  no  relation  liable  for  such 
support,  as  provided  by  the  pauper  act,  the  Overseer 
may  render  temporary  relief  not  exceeding  four 
dollars  per  month. 

15.  Poor  to  be  kept  at  the  County  Home:— All 
poor  persons  requiring  the  care  and  support  of  the 
county  shall  be  cared  for  and  supported  at  the 
County  Home,  and  not  in  the  several  Towns  in 
the  County,  except  when  they  cannot  be  removed 
to  the  County  Home,  and  except  as  herein  other- 
wise provided. 

16.  Auditing  Claims: — Before  any  claim  is  al- 
lowed by  the  County  Board,  the  claimant  or  his 
agent  shall  file  an  itemized  account  thereof,  stat- 
ing quantity  and  price,  accompanied  by  the  order 
of  the  proper  officer  or  committee,  and  shall  veri- 
fy his  claim  by  affidavit,  in  the  following  form, 
or  as  nearly  as  may  be: 

State  of  Illinois — St.  Clair  County. 

I,  A.  B.,  do  solemnly  swear  that  the  annexed  ac- 
count against  the  County  of  St.  Clair  is  true,  that 
the  identical  articles  therein  named  in  the  accom- 
panying order,  or  services  therein  performed  as 
therein  charged,  according  to  contract,  and  the 
amount  claimed  is  due  and  unpaid. 


Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this, 
day  of  191 


(Seal.)  Signature  of  Magistrate. 

17.  No  claims  for  pauper  bills,  for  temporary 
relief,  medical  attendance,  graves,  conveyances  or 
burial  expenses  of  any  kind  shall  be  audited  or 
paid  by  the  county  unless  properly  ordered  in  writ- 


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in  g by  an  Overseer  of  the  Poor,  the  order  in  all 
cases  to  accompany  the  bill  of  item. 

18.  No  Supervisor,  Committee  of  the  Board  of 
Supervisors  or  county  officer  shall  make  any  con- 
tract for  work  or  labor  or  for  material  or  repairs 
of  any  kind,  nor  shall  they  make  the  county  liable 

4 in  any  manner  whatever  without  said  contract  is 
made  by  public  letting  to  the  lowest  responsible 
bidder,  upon  proper  notice  being  given  by  publica- 
tion; provided,  private  contracts  may  be  made,  if 
deemed  to  the  best  interest  of  the  county.  In  all 
such  cases,  such  contracts  shall  be  in  writing. 

19.  Contracts: — All  contracts  for  furnishing- 
meat  and  groceries  to  the  County  Home  and  Jail 
shall  be  let  for  a period  of  three  months.  Con- 
tracts for  printingUegal  blanks  and  envelopes,  pub- 
lishing the  proceedings  of  the  Board,  records  and 
stationery  and  for  the  burial  of  paupers  of  Belleville 
and  St.  Clair  Townships  and  of  East  St.  Louis  and 
Stites  Townships  shall  be  let  for  a period  of  one 
year  from  and  after  the  15th  day  of  May  of  each 
year.  Contracts  for  furnishing  coal  and  ice  to 
the  Court  House,  County  Home  and  ixospital,  Con- 
tagion Hospital  and  Jail  shall  be  let  for  a period 
of  one  year  from  and  after  the  15th  day  of  Novem- 
ber of  each  year. 

All  persons,  firms  and  corporations  before  enter- 
ing upon  contracts  shall  file  a bond  in  such  amount 
as  may  be  fixed  by  the  Board,  which  bond  shall  he 
examined  and  approved  by  the  Committee  on 
Bonds.  The  County  Clerk  shall  keep  a record  in 
which  he  shall  record  the  bids  upon  which  con- 
tracts are  awarded,  and  he 'shall  also  furnish  copies 
of  such  bids  to  the  various  officers  or  persons  au- 
thorized to  make  purchases  or  order  supplies  un- 
der such  contracts. 

2 0.  There  shall  be  appointed  at  the  May  meet- 
ing in  each  year  a County  Physician  at  a salary 
to  be  fixed  annually  by  the  Board,  whose  duty  it 
shall  be  to  treat  all  paupers  and  such  others  for 
whose  medical  aid  the  county  is  liable,  within  a 


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radius  of  four  miles  of  Belleville,  to  visit  the  Coun- 
ty Home  and  County  Hospital  (Contagion  Hospital 
inclusive)  as  often  as  requested,  and  at  least  once 
each  day,  between  the  hours  of  7 and  9 o’clock  a. 
m.,  and  to  render  all  necessary  medical  and  surgi- 
cal aid  to  the  inmates  thereof,  as  also  the  inmates 
of  the  County  Jail,  the  county  furnishing  necessary 
medicines,  instruments,  etc.,  on  the  requisition  of 
such  physician. 

21.  There  shall  also  be  appointed  an  Assistant 
County  Physician  for  the  Townships  of  Hast  St. 
Louis,  Centreville  and  Canteen,  and  an  Assistant 
County  Physician  for  the  Township  of  Stites;  at 
a salary  to  be  fixed  annually  by  the  Board  at  the 
May  meeting,  whose  duties  within  the  limits  of 
East  St.  Louis,  Centreville,  Canteen  and  Stites 
Townships  respectively  shall  be  identical  to  those 
prescribed  for  the  County  Physician  at  the  county 
seat,  except  as  to  patients  at  the  County  Home  and 
Hospital,  County  Jail  and  Contagion  Hospital;  pro- 
vided if  at  any  time  a County  or  Contagion  Hos- 
pital shall  be  erected  or  maintained  in  or  near  the 
City  of  East  St.  Louis  for  patients  coming  from 
said  city,  or  Stites,  Centreville  or  Canteen  Town- 
ships, it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  respective  physi- 
cians to  attend  the  inmates  as  follows: 

The  Assistant  County  Physician  for  East  St. 
Louis  shall  treat  those  admitted  on  orders  of  the 
Overseer  of  the  Poor  of  East  St.  Louis,  Centreville 
and  Canteen  Townships,  and  the  Assistant  County 
Physician  for  Stites  Township  shall  treat  those  ad- 
mitted on  the  order  of  the  Overseer  of  the  Poor 
of  Stites  Township. 

2 2.  No  Physician’s  bill  shall  be  allowed  to  any 
other  physician,  except  in  cases  of  accident  or 
emergency  where  medical  attendance  is  necessary 
before  the  patient  can  be  brought  under  the  care 
of  the  County  Physician. 

2 3.  There  shall  be  appointed  at  the  May  meet- 
ing of  each  year,  a Superintendent  and  a Matron 
of  the  County  Home  and  Hospital  at  salaries  to  be 


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fixed  annually  by  the  Board,  whose  duties  shall  be 
defined  in  the  rules  and  regulations  for  the  gov- 
ernment of  the  County  Home  and  Hospital  and 
Contagion  Hospital,  as  made  from  time  to  time 
as  provided  above. 

24.  The  County  Home  and  Hospital  shall  be 
kept  exclusively  for  the  care  and  maintenance  of 
paupers,  and  no  Supervisor  shall  issue  orders  for 
admission  to  the  County  Home  and  Hospital  to 
persons  who  have  sufficient  money  or  property 
or  relatives,  who*  under  the  law,  are  liabl~  for 
their  support;  and  the  Superintendent  of  the 
County  Home  and  Hospital  is  ordered  to  admit  no 
one  without  an  order  duly  signed  by  some  Super- 
visor; Provided,  that  in  case  of  emergency,  the 
Superintendent  shall  receive  a patient  without  an 
order  of  the  Overseer  of  the  Poor,  when,  in  his 
opinion,  the  applicant  requires  immediate  atten- 
tion, and  in  such  case  the  Superintendent  of  the 
County  Plome  and  Hospital  shall  immediately  noti- 
fy the  Overseer  of  the  Poor  of  the  township  from 
whence  the  applicant  came,  and  such  Overseer 
of  the  Poor  shall  immediately  send  to  the  Super- 
intendent of  the  County  Home  and  Hospital  his 
written  order  for  the  admission  of  such  patients. 

25.  Whenever  requested  so  to  do  by  the  State 
Inspector  of  Mines,  there  shall  be  appointed  by 
the  Board  at  the  May  meeting  of  each  year,  a 
County  Mine  Inspector,  act  a salary  to  be  fixed 
annually  by  the  Board,  whose*  duties  shall  be  those 
required  by  law,  and  such  other  duties  as  may  be 
laid  down  as  provided  above  not  inconsistent  with 
the  law. 

2 6.  Overseers  of  the  Poor.  In  case  of  the  re- 
signation of  the  Chief  Supervisor  of  any  township, 
having  the  population  reauired  by  the  statute  au- 
thorizing the  appointment  of  the  Overseer  of  the 
TPoor,  there  shall  be  appointed  an  Overseer  of  the 
Poor,  whose  term  of  service  shall  begin  on  the  I 5th 
day  of  May  following  his  appointment,  which  shall 
be  at  the  May  meeting  of  each  year,  at  a salary 


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to  be  fixed  annually  by  the  Board,  and  shall  end 
one  year  hence,  and  before  assuming  their  duties 
shall  file  a bond  with  approved  securities  in 
amounts  doubling  the  salaries  of  the  respective 
officers. 

2 7.  Franchises: — Before  any  petition  for  a 
franchise  for  any  purpose  whatever  may  be  con- 
sidered, the  petitioners  for  such  franchise  shall  de- 
posit with  the  County  Clerk  the  sum  of  $100.00  in 
cash  or  certified  check,  the  said  deposit  to  be  re- 
turned to  the  petitioners  in  case  the  prayer  of  the 
petition  is  not  granted  or  in  case  the  work  has 
been  completed  within  the  time  specified  in  the 
franchise. 

In  case  such  franchise  is  granted  and  the  said 
petitioners,  their  successors  or  assigns  shall  fail  to 
complete  the  work  within  the  time  specified  in  the 
franchise  and  allow  such  franchise  to  be  forfeit- 
ed, then  such  sum  of  $100.00  is  to  be  deposited 
e County  Treasurer  to  re-imburse  the  county 
for  expenses  incurred  by  it  in  investigating  such 
petition. 

28.  All  resolutions  shall  be  presented  to  the 
Board  in  writing  and  shall  be  signed  by  the  mem- 
ber or  members  presenting  the  same. 

29.  The  Clerk  shall  call  the  names  of  the  mem- 
bers in  alphabetical  order  when  calling  the  roll 
or  when  polling  a vote. 

30.  In  all  cases  when  a motion  shall  be  entered 
in  the  minutes,  the  Clerk  shall  also  enter  the  name 
of  the  moving  member. 

31.  Adjourned  meetings  of  the  Board  of  the 
meetings  required  by  law  shall  be  held  on  the 
first  Saturday  in  each  month. 

32.  All  resolutions,  rules  or  orders  heretofore 
passed  by  the  Board  of  Supervisors  in  conflict  with 
any  of  the  rules,  regulations  or  orders  hereinabove 
contained  or  provided  for,  are  hereby  repealed  and 
these  rules  are  to  be  in  force  and  effect  from  and 
after  their  passage,  except  where  they  may  conflict 
with  any  appointments  or  contracts  now  in  force. 


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RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  FOR  THE  GOVERN- 
MENT OF  THE  COUNTY  HOME  AND 
HOSPITAL. 

Section  1.  Officers: — The  officers  of  this  in- 
stitution shall  consist  of  a Superintendent  and  a 
County  Physician,  the  former  to  reside  on  the 
premises  in  such  rooms  as  may  be  allotted  him 
by  the  Board  of  Supervisors.  This  institution  shall 
be  under  the  immediate  control  of  the  Superin- 
tendent, to  whom  all  employees  except  those  ap- 
pointed by  the  County  Board  shall  be  subordinate, 
and  he  will  be  held  by  the  Board  of  Supervisors 
to  strict  accountability  for  the  proper  conduct  of 
said  institution,  and  he  shall  report  to  the  Board 
monthly  all  moneys  received  and  expended  by  him 
on  behalf  of  the  county. 

Section  2.  He  shall  strictly  guard  over  every  in- 
terest of  the  institution,  to  see  that  economy  is 
practiced  in  all  its  departments;  to  see  that  in- 
mates, physically  able,  perform  such  manual  la- 
bor as  may  be  adapted  to  their  condition. 

Section  3.  He  is  to  see  that  the  needs  of  the 
inmates,  are  supplied,  that  they  are  in  all  respects 
humanely  treated,  and  that  the  employees  perform 
their  whole  duty,  and  that  good  order  and  disci- 
pline be  maintained  and  that  all  orders  given  by  the 
attending  physician  be  strictly  complied  with. 

Section  4.  He  shall  see  that  all  departments 
are  kept  clean  and  in  proper  order,  and  that  no 
spirituous  liquors  are  brought  to  the  institution, 
except  by  order  of  the  attending  physician. 

Section  5.  He  shall  annually  furnish  the  Board 
of  Supervisors  and  as  often  as  requested  by  the 
Board  a true  and  correct  statement  of  all  persons 
admitted,  discharged,  died  and  remaining  in  the 
institution,  giving  the  nature  of  the  disease  of 
those  that  died  and  also  give  in  detail,  age,  resi- 
dence, sex,  color,  and  cause  of  destitution,  debility 
or  disease. 


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Section  6.  He  shall  annually  make  an  inven- 
tory, in  detail,  of  all  public  property  in  his  charge 
and  to  state  separately  all  property  worn  out  by 
service  or  otherwise  destroyed,  and  to  verify  the 
same  by  affidavit;  said  inventory  shall  be  made 
the  week  preceding  the  last  meeting  of  the  Board 
of  Supervisors  of  each  year;  and  shall  be  then 
placed  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  County  Clerk. 

Section  7.  He  shall  make  out  a requisition  to 
the  Board  for  all  provisions,  medicine,  fuel  and  all 
other  necessities  for  the  use  of  said  institution. 

Section  8.  He  shall  see  that  no  employees  or 
inmate  is  absent  from  the  instution  without  his 
permission. 

Section  9.  He  shall  see  that  when  any  inmate 
is  sick  and  desires  the  administration  of  a clergy, 
that  one  of  the  denomination  the  inmate  may  pre- 
fer be  requested  to  attend. 

Section  10.  It  shall  be  his  duty  to  see  that 
all  deceased  persons  are  properly  laid  out,  and 
that  their  bodies  be  treated  with  humane  consid- 
eration. That  the  Overseer  of  the  Poor  of  the 
township  from  which  such  person  was  admitted 
and  the  relatives  of  such  deceased  persons  or  so- 
ciety or  lodge  to  which  the  deceased  belonged,  if 
known,  be  notified  of  the  death  and  if  claimed 
by  their  relatives  shall  surrender  the  body  to  them 
and  take  their  receipt  for  the  same;  if  unclaimed, 
he  shall  cause  said  body  to  be  buried,  having 
had  the  initials  of  the  name  of  the  deceased  person 
marked  with  stencil  plate  upon  the  top  of  the  cof- 
fin, and  also  upon  the  head  board  of  walnut  lum- 
ber. 

Section  11.  He  shall  regulate  the  diet  of  the 
inmates  for  each  day  in  the  week  by  and  with  the 
advice  of  the  attending  County  Physician  and  the 
Committee  on  Paupers. 

Section  12.  He  shall  have  no  power  to  admit 
any  person  as  an  inmate  without  a written  permit 
of  an  Overseer  of  the  Poor,  except  patients  sent 
from  the  County  Jail,  who  shall  be  admitted  on 


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written  permit  of  one  of  the  County  Physicians. 
In  case  where  a patient  is  brought  in  the  night 
time,  or  in  case  of  an  accident,  then  patients  shall 
be  permitted  to  remain  a reasonable  time  to  obtain 
a permit  from  the  proper  person,  and  provided,  also 
that  patients  may  be  admitted  under  order  of  a 
Court  of  record  of  said  County.  Said  permit  and 
orders  shall  be  kept  on  file  for  the  inspection  of 
the  Committee  on  Paupers. 

Section  13.  He  shall  require  that  all  visitors 
desiring  to  visit  the  institution  (except  members 
of  the  Board  of  Supervisors)  shall  first  apply  to 
him  for  permission  to  do  so.  No  visitor  shall  be 
allowed  to  go  through  the  institution,  unless  at- 
tended by  an  officer  of  the  institution;  or  such 
person  as  the  Superintendent  may  designate;  pro- 
vided that  visitors  may  also  be  admitted  on  permit 
from  any  County  Physician. 

Section  14.  He  shall  immediately  discharge 
any  employee  who  shall  refuse  to  obey  the  rules 
of  the  institution, % or  who  may  be  found  to  be  un- 
der the  influence  of  liquor,  and  report  such  facts 
to  the  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Paupers  of 
the  Board  of  Supervisors. 

Section  15.  Whenever  a patient  or  pauper,  as 
the  case  may  be,  arrives  at  the  institution,  he  shall 
be  conducted  to  the  office  of  the  Superintendent, 
who  will  cause  his  name,  age,  sex,  residence,  na- 
tivity and  cause  of  debility  to  be  entered  in  a book 
kept  for  that  purpose,  and  after  having  such  a 
person,  if  necessary,  properly  washed  and  cleaned, 
shall  assign  him  to  a ward;  provided  that  in  the 
absence  of  the  Superintendent  such  duties  shall  de- 
volve upon  the  head  nurse,  and  in  case  the  person 
should  require  immediate  medical  aid  that  the 
County  Physician  be  immediately  notified  of  such 
fact  requiring  his  immediate  attendance,  and  in 
case  the  person  so  admitted  is  to  pay  either  en- 
tirely or  partially  for  their  support  the  Superin- 
tendent shall  keep  a separate  record  showing  name 


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of  person  to  whom  support  is  charged  and  the 
amount  charged. 

MEDICAL  DEPARTMENT. 

Section  1.  The  County  Physician  for  the  County 
seat  shall  have  absolute  control  of  and  give  direc- 
tions in  the  medical  department. 

Sectiop.  2.  It  shall  be  his  duty  to  personally  ex- 
amine all  patients  that  may  be  committed  to  the 
institution  and  to  prescribe  such  medicines  as  may 
be  deemed  proper,  and  give  full  and  explicit  direc- 
tions in  writing  of  the  manner  and  how  they  are 
to  be  administered,  with  the  advice  of  the  consult- 
ing surgeon.  He  shall  prescribe  such  diet  and 
give  such  other  directions  as  may  be  deemed 
proper  in  each  particular  case,  and  enjoin  the 
Superintendent  that  such  orders  are  faithfully  exe- 
cuted. 

Section  3.  He  shall  have  power  with  the  advice 
of  the  Superintendent  to  order  the  discharge  of 
an  inmate  whom  he  may  deem  sufficiently  restored 
in  health  or  capable  of  supporting  himself  or  her- 
self. 


ATTENDANTS. 

Section  1.  The  attendants  shall  treat  the  pa- 
tients or  inmates  with  uniform  kindness  and  re- 
spect, and  under  all  circumstances  to  speak  in  a 
mild  and  pleasant  tone  of  voice,  never  addressing 
an  inmate  coarsely  or  by  nickname. 

Section  2.  On  arising  in  the  morning,  the  at- 
tendants shall  see  that  each  person  confined  to  his 
care  is  thoroughly  washed,  hair  combed,  clothes 
brushed  and  cleaned  if  necessary;  to  see  that  their 
boots  or  shoes  are  clean;  to  see  that  the  patients’ 
beds  be  made,  and  the  room  or  rooms,  hall  and 
stairs  be  carefully  swept,  avoiding  as  much  as  pos- 
sible the  raising  of  dust,  and  to  have  all  such  work 
done  in  summer  by  8 o’clock  and  in  the  winter  by 
9 o’clock  a.  m,,  and  to  see  that  no  patient  leaves 


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the  building  -except  by  leave  of  the  Superintendent 
or  attending  physician. 

Section  3.  When  attendants  receive  insulting 
and  abusive  language  they  must  forbear  to  re- 
taliate or  become  abusive*  and  they  shall  under 
no  circumstances  apply  any  restraining  apparatus 
nor  seclude  a patient  without  the  consent  of  the 
Superintendent  or  attending  physician. 

HOURS  AND  MEALS. 

Section  1.  The  morning  bell  shall  be  rung  by 
some  person  duly  authorized  by  the  Superintendent 
at  the  hour  of  5 a.  m.  in  the  months  of  May,  June, 
July,  August  and  September,  and  at  6 o’clock  dur- 
ing the  remainder  of  the  year,  at  which  time  all 
persons  wTho  have  duties  to  perform  shall  rise. 

Section  2.  Breakfast  shall  be  served  at  6 o’- 
clock in  the  spring  and  summer,  and  at  7 o’clock 
in  the  fall  and  winter.  Dinner  shall  be  served  at 
12  o’clock,  and  supper  at  5 o’clock  the  year  round. 

LAUNDRY  AND  CULINARY. 

Section  1.  The  Matron  of  the  institution  shall 
have  full  supervision  of  all  washing  and  ironing, 
and  for  that  purpose  shall  be  supplied  with  the 
necessary  assistance  by  the  Superintendent,  who 
shall,  however ..  see  that  all  able-bodied  females  per- 
form as  much  work  as  their  physical  strength  will 
permit. 

Section  2.  She  shall  under  no  circumstances 
do  or  allow  washing  and  ironing  for  persons  out- 
side. She  shall  allow  no  person  to  visit  the  laundry 
without  permission. 

Section  3.  She  shall  have  charge  of  and  give 
directions  for  all  sewing  to  be  done  about  the 
institution,  and  for  that  purpose  shall  utilize  all 
female  inmates  that  are  physically  able  and  quali- 
fied to  perform  such  services,  and  that  no  outside 
help  be  employed  while  there  is  sufficient  of  such 
help  at  the  institution. 

Section  4.  She  shall  see  that  all  vituals  are 


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well  prepared  and  properly  cooked,  and  no  un- 
wholesome meat  or  vegetables  be  placed  on  the 
cable;  that  meals  are  made  ready  at  the  proper 
hours,  that  all  specified  orders  of  the  attending 
physician  are  strictly  obeyed;  to  see  that  the  floors 
of  the  kitchen  and  dining  room  are  frequently 
scrubbed  and  kept  neat  and  clean;  that  all  cook- 
ing utensils  are  properly  scoured  and  that  all 
dishes  are  carefully  washed  and  taken  care  of;  to 
see  that  all  dishes  are  carefully  handled  to  avoid 
breakage.  To  see  that  good  and  wholesome  bread 
is  baked  and  served  to  the  inmates,  and  in  case  any 
article  of  food  furnished  does  not  come  up  to  the 
standard,  to  report  the  same  to  the  Superintendent. 

TELEPHONES. 

Section  1 . The  use  of  the  telephone  shall  be 
restricted  to  official  business;  and  no  unauthorized 
person  shall  meddle  or  use  it,  nor  under  any  cir- 
cumstances shall  the  officers  or  employees  of  the 
institution  make  use  of  it  for  the  purpose  of  trans- 
mitting frivolous  or  unimportant  communications. 

GENERAL  RULES. 

Section  1.  No  officer  or  employee  of  this  insti- 
tution shall  ever  leave  the  grounds  without  first 
having  permission  from  the  Superintendent. 

Section  2.  No  officer  or  employee  shall  invite 
a friend  to  remain  all  night  in  the  institution,  nor 
shall  they  wear  or  use  any  of  the  wearing  apparel 
belonging  to  the  county. 

Section  3.  The  horses,  wagons  or  vehicles,  or 
other  implements  of  the  institution  are  not  to  be 
used  by  any  person,  except  when  strictly  in  public 
service. 

Section  4.  The  regular  visiting  days  of  the  pa- 
tients’ friends  shall'  be  on  Sunday  and  legal  holi- 
days, but  visiting  may  be  permitted  on  other  days 
from  9 to  11  a.  m.  and  2 to  4 p.  m.,  but  only  such 
wards  as  the  Superintendent  may  deem  proper,  and 
visitors  must  confine  their  visits  to  their  friends. 


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and  not  wander  about  the  building  and  grounds. 
Promiscuous  visitors  shall  not  be  admitted  on  such 
days.  Persons  wishing  to  go  about  the  institution 
must  obtain  the  consent  of  the  Superintendent,  and. 
he  will  see  that  they  are  shown  about.  Friends  of 
patients  and  all  other  visitors  will  carefully  avoid 
prolonging  their  visits  unnecessarily,  unless  by  re- 
quest of  the  Superintendent. 

Section  5.  No  person  connected  with  the  insti- 
tution shall  have  or  keep'  matches  other  than  the 
matches  adopted  and  furnished  by  request  of  the 
Superintendent. 

Section  6.  All  officers  and  employees  are  en- 
joined to  be  promptly  at  their  meals  after  ringing 
of  the  bell  as  essential  to  discipline  of  the  institu- 
tion. 

Section  7.  All  officers  and  employees  shall  be 
attentive  to  the  most  minute  matters  out  of  repair 
in  their  departments;  as  soon  as  it  occurs  they  shall 
bring  it  to  the  notice  of  the  Superintendent. 

Section  ' 8.  No  employee,  whose  duty  does  not 
call  him  into  the  wards,  shall  enter  them  without 
the  permission  of  the  Superintendent,  nor  shall 
they  enter  the  wards  where  they  have  no  duties 
unless  so  ordered. 

Section'  9.  When  any  employee  shall  violate  any 
of  the  rules  of  the  government  of  this  institution, 
the  Superintendent  shall  call  the  attention  of  the 
party  violating  the  same  to  the  fact  and  shall  re- 
primand the  offending  party  or  parties,  and  in 
case  of  gross  violation  of  said  rules,  he  shall  report 
said  fact  to  the  chairman  of  the  Committee  on 
Paupers,  who  shall  be  authorized  to  act  in  the 
manner  as  he  may  deem  best  for  the  interest  of 
the  public  service. 

Section  10.  The  Superintendent  of  the  County 
Farm  shall  have  power,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty 
to  take  all  necessary  precaution  to  guard  the  livefc 
of  the  inmates  and  the  buildings  and  property  of 
the  county  against  fire,  and  shall,  with  the  appro^^l 
of  the  County  Board,  employ  some  proper  person 


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as  night  watchman  to  patrol  the  buildings  and  halls 
at  regular  intervals  during  the  night,  and  shall 
procure  a time  register  for  such  halls  and  parts 
of  buildings  as  necessary  to  register  the  perform- 
ance of  duty  by  such  night  watchman. 

RULES  OF  THE  CONTAGION  HOSPITAL. 

Section  1.  There  shall  annually  be  appointed  at 
the  May  meeting  of  the  Board,  a Superintendent 
and  Matron  for  the  Contagion  Hospital,  whose  du- 
ties in  and  about  said  Hospital  shall  be  similar  to 
those  prescribed  for  the  Superintendent  and  Matron 
of  the  County  Home  and  Hospital,  and  whose  salary 
shall  be  fixed  prior  to  such  appointment. 

Section  2.  The  Contagion  Hospital  shall  be  on- 
ly for  pauper  patients  afflicted  with  contagious  dis- 
eases of  any  nature  whatever.  The  same  shall  be 
divided  into  two  sections,  one  for  male  and  one 
for  female  patients;  provided,  where  families  or 
parts  of  families  are  afflicted  with  contagious  dis- 
ease and  desire  to  be  placed  into  one  room,  and 
the  same  can  be  done  without  injury  or  incon- 
venience to  the  other  patients  at  the  Hospital, 
then  such  persons  shall  be  permitted  to  occupy 
one  room,  though  of  a different  sex.  Provided,  that 
persons  afflicted  with  a contagious  disease,  though 
not  paupers,  shall  be  admitted  at  any  time  when 
said  Hospital  is  not  filled  with  paupers  upon  pay- 
ment of  three  dollars  per  week,  for  board  and 
nursing  only,  which  sum  shall  be  paid  in  advance 
and  sufficient  guarantee  to  be  given  that  all  future 
board  will  be  promptly  paid  in  advance. 

Section  3.  Any  person  not  a pauper,  being  a 
patient  at  the  Contagion  Hospital,  shall  have  the 
right  at  any  time  to  the  services  of  a reputable 
physician,  and  shall  have  the  right  to  have  sent 
to  him  eatables  or  extras  at  his  own  cost,  provided 
that  under  no  consideration  shall  spirituous  or 
malt  liauor  or  tobacco  of  any  kind  be  permitted 
in  the  hospital  except  when  prescribed  by  the  at- 
tending physician. 


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Section  4.  Any  persons  desiring  the  service  or 
adminstrations  of  clergy  shall  have  the  right  to  be 
visited  by  any  clergyman,  provided  that  such 
cleryman,  before  entering  the  hospital,  shall  don 
suitable  clothing  to  prevent  the  spreading  of  such 
contagious  disease  and  before  leaving  the  institu- 
tion shall  receive  permission  to  do  so  from  the 
Superintendent.  Relatives  of  the  patient  shall  be 
admitted  under  the  same  regulations  and  instruc- 
tions as  clergymen,  where  the  probability  is  that 
the  patient’s  illness  will  prove  fatal. 

Section  5.  Physicians,  nurses,  attendants, 
Superintendent  and  Matron  shall  in  no  case  leave 
the  institution  when  there  are  contagious  diseases 
therein  at  the  time  without  having  their  clothing 
or  other  property  they  wish  to  remove  thoroughly 
fumigated,  and  a violation  of  this  rule  by  any  of 
the  persons  named  herein  shall  forfeit  a month’s 
salary  to  the  county. 

SUPERINTENDENT’S  INSTRUCTIONS  TO 
NURSES  AT  CONTAGION  HOSPITAL 

(a)  On  receipt  of  a patienr  immediately  con- 
duct him  to  the  bathroom  and  give  him  a bath, 
after  which  furnish  him  or  her  with  clean  under- 
clothing and  assign  him  or  her  to  a clean  bed  with 
sufficient  bed-clothing  to  keep  them  comfortable. 
If  too  sick  to  visit  the  closet,  provide  them  with  a 
night  vessel*  the  contents  of  which  must  be  emptied 
into  a slop  sink  after  use,  the  vessel  cleaned  and 
returned. 

(b)  The  cast-off  clothing  must  be  hung  in  the 
fumigating  room  and  thoroughly  fumigated,  after 
which  make  into  a bundle  and  mark  name  of  pa- 
tient on  same  and  store  in  garret,  where  they  must 
remain  until  the  patient  is  ready  for  discharge. 
Where  vermin  is  found  on  clothing,  extra  precau- 
tion must  be  taken  that  they  do  not  become  scat- 
tered about  the  building.  The  female  nurse  will  at- 
tend to  the  wants  of  the  female  patients,  also  the 


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cooking  and  washing,  being  assisted  by  the  male 
nurse  and  such  of  the  patients  as  are  able  to  per- 
form labor. 

(c)  See  that  no  person  leaves  the  stockade  un- 
til regularly  discharged.  When  patients  are  dis- 
charged fumigate  their  clothing  and  effects,  give 
them  a bath  and  remove  all  scabs  from  body.  When 
they  have  dressed,  they  must  not  come  in  contact 
with  any  one  in  the  institution.  No  nurse  or  other 
person  will  be  permitted  to  leave  the  institution  ex- 
cept under  the  rules  which  may  be  prescribed. 

(d)  The  rooms,  porch  and  yard  must  be  kept 
in  a cleanly  condition  and  disinfectants  used  free- 
ly. Answer  all  calls  of  the  electric  bell  and  tele- 
phone day  and  night,  and  see  that  the  electric 
lights  are  not  unnecessarily  burned. 

(e)  No  mail  or  package  of  any  kind  will  be 
permitted  to  be  sent  out.  If  patient  wishes  to  com- 
municate with  family  or  friends  outside  they  may 
do  so  through  the  Superintendent. 


RULES  GOVERNING  WORKHOUSE. 

Rules  and  Regulations  Governing  the  Workhouse 
Established  by  the  Board  of  Supervisors  at  the 
March  30th,  A.  D.  1918,  Meeting.  (See  Super- 
visors’ Record  No.  12,  page  107.) 

Rule  1.  The  Workhouse  shall  be  under  the 
management  and  control  of  the  Superintendent  of 
the  Workhouse,  subject  to  the  orders  of  the  Work- 
house  Committee  of  the  Board.  He  shall  have 
full  charge  of  the  tools,  material  and  equipment 
and  shall  make  and  keep  a complete  inventory  of 
all  the  property  under  his  charge.  He  shall  also 
have  full  control  of'  the  prisoners  under  his  charge, 
as  well  as  the  guards  and  other  employees. 

Rule  2.  He  shall  keep  a record  of  all  stone  pro- 
duced and  delivered,  on  blanks  furnished  him  by 
the  Committee,  and  shall  make  a daily  report  to 
the  County  Superintendent  of  Highways,  who  shall 
keep  a record  of  the  same  in  his  office  in  a book 


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provided  for  that  purpose,  -and  who  shall  report  it 
monthly  to  the  Workhouse  Committee.  The  County 
Superintendent  of  Highways  shall  also  submit 
monthly  to  the  County  Auditor  a statement  of  the 
amount  of  stone  sold,  and  to  whom  sold,  and  the 
price  as  fixed  by  the  Committee,  and  the  Auditor 
shall  bill  for,  collect  and  pay  into  the  treasury  all 
such  moneys  due,  and  shall  keep  the  accounts 
thereof. 

Rule  3.  Subject  to  the  Sheriff,  the  Road  and 
Bridge  Committee  and  the  County  Superintendent 
of  Highways  may  use  the  Workhouse  prisoners  on 
road  and  bridge  work  within  the  County,  and  in 
such  case  the  Superintendent  of  the  Workhouse 
shall  be  subject  to  their  orders. 

Rule  4.  A charge  to  be  fixed  by  the  Committee 
shall  be  made  for  all  stone  delivered  from  the 
Workhouse,  which  shall  be  on  a tonnage  basis. 

Rule  5.  The  Road  and  Bridge  Committee  shall 
have  first  call  for  stone  to  be  used  on  road  and 
bridge  work  in  which  the  County  is  interested. 

The  townships,  villages  and  cities  shall  have 
second  call  for  such  stone.  All  requests  for  stone 
from  townships,  cities  or  villages  shall  be  made 
on  blanks  furnished  by  the  Committee,  and  stone 
shall  be  shipped  in  the  order  of  filing  of  the  re- 
quisitions, which  shall  be  filed  in  the  of  ice  of  the 
County  Superintendent  of  Highways  in  turn  as 
they  are  received  by  him. 

An  excess  of  stone  may  be  sold  to  private  par- 
ties at  the  discretion  of  the  Committee. 

These  rules  shall  supersede  all  rules  heretofore 
adopted  by  the  County  Board. 

PETIT  JURY  LIST — HOW  TO  RE  PREPARED. 

“Be  it  enacted  by  the  people  of  the  State  of  Illi- 
nois, represented  in  the  General  Assembly,  that 
the  County  Board  of  each  county  shall,  at  or  before 
the  time  of  its  meeting,  in  September,  in  each 
year,  or  at  any  time  thereafter,  when  necessary, 
for  the  purpose  of  this  act,  make  a list  of  sufficient 
number,  not  less  than  one-tenth  of  the  legal  voters 


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of  each  town  or  precinct  in  the  county,  giving  the 
place  of  residence  of  each  name  on  the  list,,  to  be 
known  as  a jury  list.” 

Petit  Jurors  for  the  Year. — Their  Qualifications. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  County  Board,  in  the  re- 
spective counties  in  this  state  containing  a popula- 
tion of  not  more  than  250,000,  in  September,  in 
the  year  of  1874,  and  in  each  year  thereafter,  such 
board  shall  select  from  such  list  a number  of  per- 
sons equal  to  one  hundred  (100)  for  each  trial 
term  of  the  Circuit  Court  and  other  courts  of 
record  except  County  Courts,  which  may  be  pro- 
vided by  law,  to  be  held  during  the  succeeding 
year,  to  serve  as  petit  jurors.  In  counties  having  a 
population  of  more  than  250,000  the  persons  to 
serve  as  petit  jurors,  shall  be  selected  by  the  Jury 
Commissioners,  as  provided  by  law: 

Provided,  that  the  persons  selected  to  serve  as 
jurors  in  courts  of  record  having  jurisdiction  only 
in  and  for  cities  shall  be  selected  from  the  body  of 
the  county  in  the  same  manner  as  jurors  are  se- 
lected for  the  Circuit  Court.  Jurors  in  all  coun- 
ties in  Illinois  must  have  legal  qualifications  here- 
in prescribed,  and  shall  be  chosen  a proportionate 
number  from  the  residents  of  each  town,  or  pre- 
cinct, and  such  persons  only  as  are: 

First:  Inhabitants  of  the  town,  or  precinct,  not 

exempt  from  serving  on  juries. 

Second:  Of  the  age  of  twenty-one  (21)  years, 

or  upwards,  and  under  sixty-five  (65)  years  old. 

Third:  In  possession  of  their  natural  faculties, 

and  not  infirm  or  decrepit. 

Fourth:  Free  from  all  legal  exceptions  and  of 

fair  character,  of  approved  integrity,  of  sound 
judgment,  well  informed,  and  who  understand  the 
English  language. 

List  at  Subsea uent  Meeting:  If,  for  any  rea- 
son, the  list  or  the  selection  provided  for  in  the 
foregoing  sections  of  this  act  shall  not  be  made 
at  the  meeting  of  the  Board  held  at  the  time  speci- 
fied, such  list  or  selections  shall  be  made  at  any 


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meeting  to  be  held  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be. 

Exemptions:  The  following  persons  shall  be  ex- 

empt from  serving  as  jurors,  to-wit:  The  Governor, 
Lieutenant  Governor,  Secretary  of  State,  Auditor 
of  Public  Accounts,  Treasurer,  Superintendent  of 
Public  Instruction,  Attorney  General,  members  of 
the  General  Assembly  during  their  term  of  office, 
all  judges  of  courts,  all  clerks  of  courts,  sheriffs, 
coroners,  postmasters,  mail  carriers,  practicing  at- 
torneys, all  officers  of  the  United  States,  officiat- 
ing ministers  of  the  gospel,  school  teachers  during 
the  term  of  school,  practicing  physicians,  register- 
ed and  assistant  pharmacists,  constant  ferrymen, 
mayors  of  cities,  policemen,  active  members  of  the 
fire  department,  embalmers,  undertakers  and  fu- 
neral directors  actively  engaged  in  their  business, 
and  all  persons  actively  employed  upon  editorial 
or  mechanical  staffs  and  departments  of  any  news- 
paper of  general  circulation  printed  and  published 
in  this  state.  Provided,  that  every  fireman  who 
shall  have  faithfully  and  actively  served  as  such 
in  any  volunteer  fire  department  in  any  city  of  this 
state,  for  the  term  of  seven  years,  may  thereafter 
be  exempt  from  serving  on  juries  in  all  courts. 

NAMES  AND  ADDRESSES  OF  COUNT!" 

APPOINTEES. 

Frank  Mundloch,  Superintendent  County  Farm, 
Belleville,  Illinois. 

Emily  Mundloch,  Matron  County  Farm,  Belle- 
ville, Illinois. 

Dr.  R.  C.  Heiligenstein,  County  Physician,  Reis 
Drug  Co.,  Belleville,  Illinois. 

Dr.  R.  F.  Barker,  Assistant  County  Physician 
for  East  St.  Louis,  Canteen  and  Centreville  Town- 
ships. Address:  East  St.  Louis,  Illinois. 

Dr.  Earle  Williams,  Assistant  County  Physician, 
Stites  Township,  Love  joy,  Illinois. 

Thomas  Simpson,  County  Mine  Inspector,  Belle- 
ville, Illinois. 


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Louis  S.  Ross,  Overseer  of  the  Poor  of  East  St. 
Louis  Township,  East  St.  Louis.v  Illinois. 

Fred  Meyer,  Overseer  of  the  Poor  of  Belleville, 
Belleville,  Illinois. 

D.  O.  Thomas,  County  Superintendent  of  High- 
ways,  Belleville,  Illinois. 


MEETING  DAYS  OF  THE  COUNTY  BOARD. 

First  Saturday  of  every  month,  excepting  June 
and  September. 

Meeting  held  on  second  Monday  in  June  and 
second  Tuesday  in  September. 


TERMS  OF  ST.  CLAIR  COUNTY  CIRCUIT  COURT 
FOR  WHICH  GRAND  JURIES  ARE 
APPOINTED. 

January,  April  and  September. 


TERMS  OF  EAST  ST.  LOUIS  CITY  COURT. 

January,  March,  May,  September  and  Novem- 
ber. 


TERMS  OF  ST.  CLAIR  COUNTY  COURT. 

March,  June  and  November. 


TERMS  OF  ST.  CLAIR  COUNTY 
PROBATE  COURT. 

New  Term  commences  on  the  first  Monday  of 
every  month. 

JUDICIAL  DEPARTMENT. 

SUPREME  COURT. 

Meets  at  Springfield  on  the  first  Tuesday  in 
February,  April,  June<  October  and  December. 

Associate  Justices  (elected,  for  a term  of  nine 
years;  salary,  $10,000  per  annum) : 

District  No.  1 — Warren  W.  Duncan Marion 

District  No.  2 — William  M.  Farmer Vandalia 


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District  No.  3 — Prank  K.  Dunn Charleston 

District  No.  4 — George  A.  Cooke Aledo 

District  No.  5 — Charles  C.  Craig Galesburg 

District  No.  6 — James  H.  Cartwright Oregon 

District  No.  7 — Orin  H.  Carter  Chicago 

Clerk — Charles  W.  Vail Chicago 


CONGRESSIONAL,  JUDICIAL,  SENATORIAL 
AND  COUNTY  OFFICERS. 


CONGRESSMAN  PROM  22nd  CONGRESSIONAL 
DISTRICT: 

Counties  of  Bond,  Madison,  Monroe,  St.  Clair 
and  Washington. 

Wm.  A.  Rodenberg,  Rep East  St.  Louis,  111. 

CIRCUIT  JUDGES  PROM  THIRD  JUDICIAL 
DISTRICT. 

Counties  of  Randolph,  Monroe,  St.  Clair,  Madison, 
Bond,  Washington  and  Perry. 

Geo.  A.  Crow,  Rep East  St.  Louis,  111. 

Louis  Bernreuter,  Rep Nashville,  111. 

J.  F.  Gilham,  Rep Edwardsville,  111. 

FORTY-NINTH  SENATORIAL  DISTRICT. 

St.  Clair  County. 

State  Senator — R.  E.  Duvall,  Rep., ....Belleville,  111. 


REPRESENTATIVES : 

J.  W.  Rentchler,  Rep - Belleville,  111. 

Chas.  P.  Short,  Rep East  St.  Louis,  111. 

Prank  Holten,  Dern East  St.  Louis,  111. 

COUNTY  OFFICERS: 


County  Judge  .. 
Probate  Judge  . 
State’s  Attorney 

Sheriff  

County  Clerk  .... 
Circuit  Clerk  .... 
Probate  Clerk.  .. 


J.  B.  Messick 

Prank  Perrin 

H.  E.  Schaumleffel 

Edw.  P.  Petri 

...A,  J.  Hoby  Hoerr 
.John  P.  O’Flaherty 
A.  A.  Miller 


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County  Treasurer  M.  P.  Murray,  Jr. 

Recorder  of  Deeds  C.  A.  Summers 

Superintendent  of  Schools  W.  A.  Hough 

County  Auditor  George  H.  Eckert 

Coroner  C.  P.  Renner 

County  Surveyor  W.  A.  Thompson 

Master  in  Chancery  John  E.  Hamlin 

Chairman  County  Board  P.  F.  Martin 

MEMBERS  BOARD  OF  REVIEW,  1919. 

P.  F.  Martin  (Rep.)' East  St.  Louis,  111. 

L.  G.  Miller  (Rep.)  (1) Belleville,  111. 

Fred  Daab  (Dem.)  (2)  Smithton,  111. 


